28 FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM BOTANY, VOL. i. 



E. adenoptera, Bertol. 



Fine specimens with large rose-colored appendages on the 

 dryest limestone ledges of the campo, Chichen Itza, Jan. 17, 

 1895 (107). 



(Anisophyllum-Sclerophyllcz). 

 E. buxifolia, Lam. 



Great tufts of this species form the only break in the wide 

 sandy beach of the east shores of the Island of Cancun. Very 

 common, Jan. 3, 1895 (31). Plants 15 to 18 cm. high. Grassy 

 sands of the west shore Island of Cozumel, Jan. 7, 1895 (52). 

 Plants 5 to 10 dm. high and very shrubby. Sands of shore at 

 Progreso, Jan. 26, 1895 (202). Sandy streets village of Dolores, 

 Island of Mugeres, Jan. 2, 1895 (20). 



This species was also collected on Mugeres and Holbox 

 Islands by Dr. Gaumer in 1886. 



{Adenopetalum- Cyttarospennum). 



E. Armourii. sp. nov. (Plate II.) 



Caule erecto glabro, ramis tenuibus frutescentibus (?), ramulis 

 axillaribus solitariis folio longioribus, partes junioribus et nervos 

 foliorum minute hirtula, foliis longe petiolatis e basi cuneata 

 ellipticis integris acutis anguste lanceolatis, involucris in axilis 

 super, terminalibusque longiuscule pedicillatis breviter turbinatis, 

 lobis truncatis profunde 4-dentatis, glandulis 5 planis transverse 

 ovatis, appendice alba bipartita laciniis oblongo-linearibus 

 obtusis glandula duplo longioribus, stylis profunde bipartitis, 

 capsula glabra, seminibus ovat'is ad margines puncto-fevearum 

 prominente tuberculatis. Folia 14-24 mm. Ion., 10-19 rnm. lat. , 

 caules 2^-4 dm. Ion., 1-2 mm. diam., invol. 2 mm. Ion., i mm. 

 lat., semin. i mm. Ion. ^ mm. lat. 



Growing in the crevices of the masonry forming one of the 

 temples of the sacred Itzae, Chichen Itza, Jan. 17, 1895 (108). 



Named in honor of Mr. Allison V. Armour, the projector of the 

 expedition on which this collection was made. 



E, astroites heterappendiculata, var. nov. 



Caule teom fiacfiduii alternatim ramosissimo, ramis glandu- 

 loso-hirtis pluries et divaricatim dichotomis, foliis oppositis 

 minimis longe petiolatis orbiculatis vel transverse latioribus ad- 

 pressiuscule hirtis, stipulis obsoletis, involucris terninalibus 

 pedicillatis valde glanduloso-hirtis, lobis truncatis \-dentatis, 

 glandulis transverse ovatis concavis, appendice integris 1-4 dentatis, 

 dentato-2.-3 partitis vel 4-partitis, laciniis lineari-lanceolatis obtusis, 

 capsula hirta, stylis profunde bipartitts, seminibus ovatis ad 

 margine puncto-fovearum prominente tuberculatis. 



Caules 2-3 dm. Ion., ramis 8-12 cm. Ion., foliis inferioris 6 mm. 

 lat., invol. i mm. Ion., semin. i mm. Ion. |^ mm. lat. The 

 species, E. astroites, F & M., was collected at Tampocoala, 

 Mexico, by Karwinsky. 



Crevices of rocks, east slope of the Cerro Grande, Izamal, Jan. 

 13, 1895 (64). 



